As summer winds down, the LSU coaching staff is doing what it does best. Recruit. Hard.The Tiger football coaches have been busy during the summer. The 13 commitments coach Les Miles has lassoed balloons the 2010 total to 22. Scout.com considers seven of those 13 four-star recruits. And the recruiting hasn’t been limited to Louisiana, either. LSU’s reach has stretched as far as Cincinnati to snare four-star running back Spencer Ware and to Virginia Beach, Va., to nab fellow four-star wide receiver Justin Hunter. With only six scholarships available, those additions leave LSU with few holes to fill before next February.TRAVIS DICKSONTravis Dickson is the most recent signee of the impressive class. The 6-foot-3 inch, 228-pound prospect can play multiple positions — tight end, defensive end and fullback.Football — Southeastern Conference football, for that matter — seems to be ingrained in Dickson’s genes. Dickson’s brother, Richard, is a senior and current starting tight end at LSU. His father, Dick, played at Mississippi State in the 1970s. Scout.com recruiting analyst Sonny Shipp said Dickson will follow in his brother’s footsteps and stay at tight end. “He’s a guy that can come in and stretch the field, maybe not quite as well as Richard,” Shipp said. “But I think he’s a little further along physically at this stage of the game compared to where his brother was.”SPENCER WAREWare’s commitment may have come as a pleasant surprise to many Tiger fans. Ware plays quarterback for Princeton High School in Cincinnati, a mere 95 miles from the confines of Ohio State University in Columbus. Ware, projected to be a running back in college, has been regarded by many as a high-profile playmaker on the offensive side of the ball. Standing at 5-foot-11 inches and 215 pounds, most recruiting analysts list size as Ware’s only weakness. “When he tucks the ball under and runs, he’s a lot more nimble than you would think for a guy with his size,” Shipp said. “He’s able to make a lot of cuts, he can stick his foot in the ground and make people miss.”Shipp said the transition from quarterback to running back, especially in the SEC, will be the toughest adjustment for Ware. “He’s dropping back and seeing lanes open up and taking off and running, whereas when he gets to LSU and he’s lining up either 7 yards deep in the backfield or next to the quarterback in the shotgun, he’s going to have to use his vision a lot more,” Shipp said. “So I think that’s what is going to be interesting to see is how good his vision is when he gets to LSU.”EVAN WASHINGTONWashington, at 6-foot-5 and 285 pounds, is yet another sparkling addition to the 2010 recruiting class. The DeSoto, Texas, native committed to Les Miles and company in July, abandoning offers from Alabama, Auburn, Baylor, Miami (FL), Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.”He’s a big guy — a big guy that moves really well for someone with his size,” Shipp said. “He’s got the attributes that you’re looking for in an offensive tackle. The big key for him is going to be putting everything together.”Washington is expected to start his Tiger career at tackle, but nothing is set in stone. JORDAN ALLENJordan Allen, a Monroe native, was not a surprise commitment to LSU.The 6-foot-6 inch, 250-pound defensive end had his pick of SEC schools. Allen snubbed offers from Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Ole Miss and Tennessee, among others, to play in Baton Rouge.  A fierce pass rusher, Allen accrued 70 tackles his junior season for West Monroe High School, including nine sacks. Allen stands to join an impressive list of Rebels to play at LSU, including Bradie James, Andrew Whitworth, Luke Sanders and 2009 recruit Barkevious Mingo. “When you get a kid who’s got physical attributes and then you combine that mental disposition where they’re just relentless out there, go balls to the wall on every play,” Shipp said, “That’s a combination that will make a lot of coaches smile.”RONNIE VINSONRonnie Vinson would rather be the next LaRon Landry rather than the next Taylor Mays. Vinson, a four-star recruit from New Orleans, committed to LSU on June 8. Vinson turned down offers from USC, where Mays plays, UCLA, Ole Miss, Michigan, Kentucky and Alabama to join LSU’s 2010 class. Although he is listed as a safety, Vinson is projected to start his career as a cornerback.But Shipp said playing safety is not out of the question.”He’s going to come in and play cornerback,” Shipp said, “But when you look and see how Ron Cooper has Brandon Taylor playing at strong safety right now, because they want a safety that can also cover. Ronnie Vinson is someone that would fit that mold perfectly.”Vinson earned Class 4A All-State honors in Louisiana after a stellar junior campaign at Newman High School. Vinson logged 75 tackles in the process. JUSTIN MACLINMaclin, a 6-foot-4-inch, 225-pound prospect from Memphis, Tenn., chose LSU over a host of impressive suitors. The speedy linebacker declined offers from Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, USC, Tennessee and Vanderbilt. In his preliminary recruitment, Maclin considered attending hometown Memphis, a special place for his family. His father, James, starred as an offensive lineman for Memphis, and his mother also attended the school. But LSU also had a connection. Running backs coach Larry Porter played with James Maclin at Memphis. Justin Maclin committed to Miles on June 6 on an unofficial visit. Shipp said Maclin’s size provides versatility on the defensive side of the ball. “He could play linebacker, but at [6-foot-4], 225 pounds, he’s got the frame that could easily add a lot more weight,” Shipp said. “He’s someone that could possibly grow into a defensive end.”JUSTIN HUNTERHunter, a product of Ocean Lakes High School in Virginia Beach, seems to fit the mold of LSU receivers. Standing 6-foot-4, Hunter certainly has the size to fill a role similar to the ones Dwayne Bowe, Demetrius Byrd and Brandon LaFell have filled in recent times. Shipp said Hunter’s versatile athletic ability made him a prize prospect. “He eats up a lot of space, he eats up a lot of cushion, and he’s also a high jumper, too,” Shipp said. “That was one of the things that attracted him to LSU was the fact that he could come in and he can do some track and field as well.”—-Contact Chris Branch at [email protected]